Usually, it's because the sperm gets into the fallopian tube before the egg is released. Once there, the sperm wait for an egg to arrive. After fertilization, it can take 5-10 days for the fertilized egg to begin to attach itself to the lining of the uterus. Pregnancy begins when this happens.
The arrangement of spikes originally had no distinct name; the term Thagomizer was coined in 1982 by cartoonist Gary Larson in his comic The Far Side, and thereafter became gradually adopted as an informal term within scientific circles, research, and education.
Thagomizer - the evolution of a word. Discussion in 'English Only' started by . 1, Aug 11, 2006. Loading... Hello fellow players with words. I am looking for an excuse to share a lovely niche word with you so I will ask for a description of the process of word creation. How would you describe the creation of a word in the following situation. In 1982 Gary Larson wrote a gorgeous cartoon depicting a caveman professor lecturing to a group while pointing to a drawing of a stegosaur.